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1970 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

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election_name	1970 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
country	South Carolina
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previous_election	1968 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
previous_year	1968
next_election	1972 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
next_year	1972
seats_for_election	All 6 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
last_election1	5
seats1	5
seat_change1
popular_vote1	309,487
percentage1	72.49%
swing1	6.20%
party2	Republican Party (United States)
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map_caption	District results

Democratic Republican

South Carolina congressional districts, 1962 to 1970

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The 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 3, 1970, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections were held on June 9 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 23. All five incumbents who ran were re-elected and the open seat in the 2nd district was retained by the Republicans. The composition of the state delegation remained five Democrats and one Republican.

1st congressional district

Incumbent Democratic Congressman L. Mendel Rivers of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1941, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.

General election results

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2nd congressional district

Incumbent Republican Congressman Albert Watson of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1963, chose to run for Governor instead of re-election. Floyd Spence, a Republican state senator who had unsuccessfully run for the seat in the 1962 elections, defeated Democratic challenger Heyward McDonald.

General election results

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3rd congressional district

Incumbent Democratic Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1951, defeated Republican challenger Grady Ballard.

General election results

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4th congressional district

Incumbent Democratic Congressman James R. Mann of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1969, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.

General election results

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5th congressional district

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Thomas S. Gettys of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1964, defeated Republican challenger B. Leonard Phillips.

General election results

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6th congressional district

Incumbent Democratic Congressman John L. McMillan of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1939, won the Democratic primary and defeated Republican Edward B. Baskin in the general election.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary	Candidate	Votes
John L. McMillan	26,192	49.6
Claude L. Stephens	11,534	21.8
Bill R. Craig	11,047	20.9
Olin Sansbury Jr.	4,042	7.7

Democratic primary runoff	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
John L. McMillan	46,030	71.2	+21.6
Claude L. Stephens	18,620	28.8	+7.0

General election results

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References

"Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1970".

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